Freedom to Love

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"The concept of love is clearly expressed in the Quran. God has specifically and precisely used the word "love" along with twenty three of its different Arabic derivatives to teach us that love is a normal, logical and realistic feeling which coincides with our gift of freedom. With God's freedom of choice, we are free to prefer or be inclined towards certain things, people, morals, certain talents, etc. Favoring, preferring and making certain choices demonstrates our love."
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"If God's love was unconditional, it would defeat the whole purpose of our existence on earth and would contradict His gift of freedom granted to us. His love would serve as a green light to commit all kinds of evil. There would be no straight or crooked path, no point behind any clear commands, because God's love would be awaiting at the end of the road to save us all. This is a myth about God that is based on conjecture and ignorance.

It is our duty as believers and submitters to seriously study the boundaries set for us in the Quran in order to pursue love in a safe and constructive manner - the manner that would please God alone within His guidelines and make us earn His love and compassion."